Letter: Nobody reads legislation anymore

When Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) was asked who read the recently passed 1,528-page, $1.1 trillion government spending bill for 2014, he laughed out loud and answered, "Nobody did!"

What a hoot! That is a real knee-slapper.

Welcome to the Pelosi Paradigm. The dominant legislative practice of our sophisticated modern era where rushing through bills no one bothers to read, or has the time to, has become a source of hilarity for elected officials. I am not amused.